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==== | ==== '''Bynames''' ==== | ||
Hungarians use a "byname" to help identify people with the same given names. The byname might be created from the fathers given name (as a patronymic name.) Other bynames might be created from an occupation or even a physical description. The byname might be used within the village or town, but were not fixed surnames. Further, a person might be known by one byname in a town, and be called by a different byname when traveling (referring to where they are from.) Bynames were not hereditary. | |||
* | The first major class of bynames were patronymics that were created using the father's given name. It might be created by adding -fi to a father's meaning "his son" but may appear in records as -fi, -fia, -fy, or fÿ. For example: | ||
* | * Fodor Jákobfi (Theodore, son of Jacob) | ||
* Domokos Bertoldfia (Domokos, son of Bertold) | |||
* Miklós Oszkárfy (Nicholas, son of Oscar) | |||
* Simon Vilmosfÿ (Simon, son of Vilmos) | |||
==== '''Married Women''' ==== | |||
Names of Hungarian married women take on special forms. Traditionally, the ending -né is added to her husbands given name and indicates that she is married, or Mrs. For example: | |||
* Nagy, Jánosné means Mrs. John Nagy | |||
* Kovács Jánosné means Mrs. John Smith | |||
* Klausenberger Ignáczné Bival Rosália means that Rosália Bival married a man named Ignácz Klausenberger | |||
==== Further Reading ==== | |||
Excellent articles regarding Hungarian personal names can be found at: | Excellent articles regarding Hungarian personal names can be found at: | ||